The Magnolia gazette., 1887-12-24

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spendinr money for hmsclf vet fh,lnr
showould susneft, and Knowing thui shs
hnd littie With Which Is carry cur her own
plans be wisely forhnrc.
aI an going u the station io meet the rsa
O'Clock train Teddy. shn said as l.e Vas
hitrlHug b8n sand voamay mceg nls there
with tAe sieirh
Father iaiyt Gnminly humo. # hnt1 Satf
IVA. ii 50HsIUinai,Qn
No da4F.tf FgpII6,f tNt, inUflirF fIEfflf7t6
II hts aafm, ebut ! thnk thtQs ga IS
somebody tlera. aud shitaarted lbta qaFy
rUuls stora. WitNaW, tSuia,niaM g54 laya
tarv
r0d Won't inte AfotEr,. storr t6 igsf ,vaffn
Mdtneu amused hHmscf YanaeijUs En- .aa
d6yyn ttg. atr,,et rnB,t9,r Sfitt,, s5,4,,YS5,.
doys. Ubiph were ,iAy viii glte.Etn5Na
raois. and tbip&fne Wbit ia iyoul,l {riy II
he had Hill incJIls
Uc b.{A Atsni f,iflv t,y9,t, NV ,l5tl.tfs ~
this imaginary MN. vhcn he olsaryed =
Stranrer rome oAt from ong NJ tbe 4tof,s
and Walk AWAY hiel.lN
llc Had i pleasant iiec. and stcpaol IL
with me ussnIed air uf aue vho < aecra
toned y having tho pond lbinrs0f this Gfs
Il It WAS Watml snuny day ana his bolVy
oycrcoat was thrown iauntly open, and -
he passed up thc street hc drew his.GAnd.
kcrchef from an nsdo pocket, and blow
his nose with s0nopous hlast
Icd waa watching all this with iatsrast
1 ior tho man pAeAFtnt taee had pieaaad hia
thiselsh iNneh and aa tin handkerchief
camo out the boy saw another object dy Qua
also and ledge In The dirty snow Of titep3ut-
ter, whlo lho gentleman walkedquieRiF
/ quito unaware y His loss
/ Feds tirst thought was that it WAS only
4 piece n paper and y did net occur u him "
investigate the matter hul asceond thnnght
/ sent nm lying 70 the spot, where, nites
4 some little search he i9und Il small plNic.
/ age wrapped u whtc paper and decntrrI
with IN cNpr0sa label There waa eyitienty
asnall boN within, and Tod ran as fast ~
\ ms legs would carry hun % restore y to thg
oMneI'
lhat laaniy gehllnman WIS lust getiMs
| intoR hahdsoine slelgh aa Ted turned tao
corner aAa AMY ha Went
Mister MYSTERY screamed Ted n the top
/ q hla Voice which the bells drowned md
Then began q fdeo Ted running f0r daar
ne, the horscs trottinE along with no idta
that they Wcre puFsucd
The boy legs did him good scryice lto.
i ever, aud at last hc succeeded III attraGtiug
I the attention 81 the driver "Whata tnr.
/ my ladin ho said kindly uWNnt il gleAs
4 "N-ntno, pantcd Teddy, ulf tst of breath,
| "but you lost This, sir, ana picked ltup*
and ne held IN tho package
/ ..Wcll, well, did ever said jhc rontin.
mam, feeling hastily III his poclri alVhts 4
careless trck Aud sd YOU'VE pictty mcar
inn yonr lcpa off u catt6 mai ann
] guess they're Hi whole vi. fisn fe
/ plio1 Ted, NitA i smilc, aad yGl puaiag vlta
I the race
! He hHuded over the box, wae mo sifaH.
! gcl took ont K lat poelGt.bool. @Ch14ln,..g
4 ia coming, my boy, and maY Eo youii alGfl4
4 extra bii y surprise moneY o. slid g4ad
nataredly, ~ he handed out d hvGd1u4r
| pm to tho astQushed child
ron, sirt thpts 100 mHch, and Tad of-
forcd y back quito overwhelmed bg aEsa
mAniheence.
"Wcll, don't no.v about that said ths
! gentleman a,tmt box contains watch
1 worth two hundred donnra, and by tho Una
I ] had advertised Il ana paid 4 reward t
would have cost mo double the amount he
sidrs the chances Of my iinding L again, So
| On the whole, thiDk am rcwardipg y0l
very moderately and he bnltoned nis
| ovofcoat oycr box and lgckef book re5alute.
4 ", and prepared 70 drrlr'on
a whole arena n Christnina preaeats
/ danced through Teds hnppys brain, aB ha
thanked the generous gcntlennn fof hts
gift, and they parted with mutuui go6d feel
ing
lt ! nad such Q father rs ihni soilo-
aAlzel tue child' fWhat = good Boy fdlym 4
~ nag " hunest bright faced bo0 ike
ihat," said the gentleman, what q htp7E
father fd bc,"
led hau never before Kept a secret irGm
mH inolher, and y waa the hardest work t5
Keep from telling hisadventnrei but eeefeta
were lying n the arr apparently and lis
hela on 70 ms with true Christmas tenAssty,
He had suspected by this time who Was
coming oh the tram and he was " timc a.
tne station With Dollihe had also wisely ppu.
GUIDED 70 wait 2 hlt Tor her advice anf-4s
sstance before spending his wealth
Aunt Nan stepped on the train when i
came Unlocking roster and iollier than ever
led Thought, as she hugged him W close Vi
her warm inrs, and sbc had tho ftttess
Hachel and the heaviest basket hc had oYcr
lifted.
There was perfect jubilee " wolcomE
when the party reached hQmci and Aaut
Nan took her nanosahc and little Iaae 1.1
her warm embrace, 10 their cOinplcio s4tz
prise, for they had meyer dreamed 0f spsh .
happy arrival, 'ihe iitto dears,n said
Aunt Nan, as she and Mrs. ReXtofd made
several mysterious trips TO the barn, f5s